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Personality stability of institutionalized mentally retarded adults as measured by the Hand Test
Author(s) -
Wagner Edwin E.,
Ryan Christine A.,
Panek Paul E.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(199105)47:3<436::aid-jclp2270470318>3.0.co;2-2
Subject(s) - psychology , mentally retarded , borderline intellectual functioning , personality , wechsler adult intelligence scale , intellectual disability , test (biology) , intelligence quotient , developmental psychology , personality test , intellectual ability , psychometrics , clinical psychology , cognition , test validity , psychiatry , social psychology , paleontology , biology
Eighty‐two institutionalized mentally retarded individuals were administered the Hand Test and a measure of intellectual/cognitive functioning (Stanford‐Binet or WAIS‐R) in a 3‐year test‐retest paradigm (longitudinal research design) to investigate the stability of personality during adulthood. Stability of both personality and intellectual functioning during adulthood was observed. Implications are discussed.